Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Course Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Challenge Policy
Co-requisite
Challenge Policy
Advisory
Sociology 245
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
*HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT:
Number of Weeks
Lecture Hours By Term
Lab Hours By Term
*Hours By Arrangement
Units
18
54
3
Hours per term.
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
COURSE/CATALOG DESCRIPTION
This course is a study of the ideas, values, norms, ideologies, attitudes, beliefs, and systems that are used to produce
and answer questions about race and ethnicity. The course will cover the historical development of the concepts of
race and ethnicity as well as investigate and analyze their contemporary usage. This course will also include the
comparative analysis of racial and ethnic groups with roots in Africa, Asia, Pacific Islands, Europe, Central America,
North America, and South America.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
Differentiate between the concepts of race and ethnicity.
Analyze the historical development of the concepts of race and ethnicity.
Discuss the role of organizations and social institutions that perpetuate and maintain social definitions of race.
Critique social behavior that supports current social definitions of race.
Examine the origins and perpetuation of racism as it relates to definitions of race.
INTENDED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the concept of race through the lens of sociology.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the concept of an ethnic group through the lens of sociology.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the concept of a minority group through the lens of sociology.
COURSE CONTENT (Lecture):
Comparative analysis of the concepts of race and ethnicity and the comparative analysis of racial and ethnic groups
with roots in Africa, Asia, Pacific Islands, Europe, Central America, North America, and South America.
The role of organizations and social institutions that perpetuate and maintain social constructions of race.
Social behavior that supports current social constructions of race.
COURSE CONTENT (Lab):
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
Lecture and Discussion (e.g., large groups and small groups)
Audio-visual presentations
Supplementary Materials (e.g., midterm examination study guide, final examination study guide, and
PowerPoint slides posted on the CMS)
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS:
NOTE: To be UC/CSU transferable, the text must be dated within the last 7 years OR a statement of justification for a text beyond the
last 7 years must be included.
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Justification Statement:
Textbook Reading Level:
Sociology in a Changing World
William Kornblum
Thomson Wadsworth
9th/ 2012
(For textbook beyond 7 years)
College
Textbook Title:
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
Justification Statement:
Textbook Reading Level:
Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race
Ashley Montagu
Whitley Press
Revised/ 2008
(For textbook beyond 7 years)
College
Lab Manual Title (if applicable):
Author:
Publisher:
Edition/Date:
OUTSIDE OF CLASS WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS:
Title 5, section 55002.5 establishes that a range of 48 -54hours of lecture, study, or lab work is required for one unit of credit.
For each hour of lecture, students should be required to spend an additional two hours of study outside of class to earn one
unit of credit.
 State mandates that sample assignments must be included on the Course Outline of Record.
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Hours per week
Weekly Reading Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
3
Example #1 – Read: Chapter 12 in Sociology in a Changing World
Example #2 – Read: Chapter 1 in Man’s Most Dangerous Myth
Weekly Writing Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
2
Example #1: Write a minimum of two pages reaction paper essay to Chapter 12 in Sociology in a Changing World
Example #2: Write a minimum of two pages reaction paper essay to Chapter 1 in Man’s Most Dangerous Myth
Weekly Math Problems (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
Lab or Software Application Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
Other Performance Assignments (Include detailed assignment below, if applicable)
Watch films at home or in the media center.
1
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
 Course must require use of critical thinking, college-level concepts & college-level learning skills.
 For degree credit, course requires essay writing unless that requirement would be inappropriate to the course objectives. If writing
is inappropriate, there must be a requirement of problem-solving or skills demonstration.
34
%
Essay (If essay is not included in assessment, explain below.)
66
%
%
%
Computation or Non-computational Problem Solving Skills
Skills Demonstration
Objective Examinations
Other (describe)
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%
GRADING POLICY: (Choose LG, P/NP, or SC)
Pass / No Pass
X Letter Grade
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by: J. Vern Cromartie
Date: April 9, 2014
Revised form 01/14
Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass